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A malformed FastCGI response may result in a stack-based buffer overflow in the modules/fcgid/fcgid_bucket.c file in the fcgid_header_bucket_read() function, resulting in an application crash.","published":"2010-11-22T12:54:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:23:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-121","CWE-189"],"affected":["apache/mod fcgid"],"epss":{"score":0.02772,"percentile":0.86238,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.77%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050930.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050932.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050976.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00004.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00005.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/69275","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/42288","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/42302","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/42815","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2140","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/apache/announce/391406","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44900","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2997","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2998","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0031","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3872","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248172","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63303","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/httpd-mod_fcgid/commit/b1afa70840b4ab4e6fbc12ac8798b2f3ccc336b2","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49406","tags":["Patch"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050930.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050932.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050976.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00004.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00005.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/69275","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/42288","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/42302","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/42815","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2140","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/apache/announce/391406","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44900","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2997","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2998","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0031","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3872","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248172","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63303","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/httpd-mod_fcgid/commit/b1afa70840b4ab4e6fbc12ac8798b2f3ccc336b2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49406","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3872","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}